Child pacifiers Recalled due to Choking Hazard

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall of more than 16,000 pacifiers sold between 2007 and 2008 under the name "My Baby Soothers". These pacifiers have a plastic part that becomes loose from the base and can choke an infant or young child. Great. Who remembers the name of a pacifier they bought 2 years ago? What are the chances of these really being taken out of circulation? There are thousands of these pacifiers that will be re-used, "recycled" from an older child to a younger child and no parent will ever know about the risks or this recall. The real question is how did this get on the market to begin with? The answer: it was easy. There was no testing for safety, no one really looking over the shoulder of the manufacturer. Lawsuits against companies that put untested, unsafe products on the market are the only way to protect the public. Real government regulations, regulations with teeth, can never get through congress due to the politicking of the Chamber of Commerce and other business groups that are concerned first and foremost with profits. A baby choking to death here or there is just part of life. Injuries to children like this are avoidable. There is no excuse for this kind of thing happening. For more information about this and other recalls involving children's products, click here.